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The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed the way we use language (www.bbc.com)
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The surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed the way we use language::As Microsoft Word turns 40, we look at the role the software has played in four decades of language and communication evolution.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There were books of letter and document templates, folks. Microsoft did not invent the semi-block format.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Right?

I'd posit WWII was the single greatest influence in recent history for more extensive standardization of just about everything in the business/project management/production/transportation/logistics worlds, and guess what - they all use tools like documentation and communication documents.

There were typing pools... And somehow Word standardized how docs are written/created??